The Spectator, Volume 4J. Parsons, 1801 - English essays |
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Page 33
... lovers were the discourse of the family to which they belonged , who could not forbear observing the strange complication of passions which perplexed the hearts of the poor Negroes , that often dropped expressions of the uneasiness they ...
... lovers were the discourse of the family to which they belonged , who could not forbear observing the strange complication of passions which perplexed the hearts of the poor Negroes , that often dropped expressions of the uneasiness they ...
Page 67
... lover , called PHAON , occasioned great calamities to this poetical lady . She fell desperately in love with him , and took a voyage into Sicily in pur- suit of him , he having withdrawn himself thither on purpose to avoid her . It was ...
... lover , called PHAON , occasioned great calamities to this poetical lady . She fell desperately in love with him , and took a voyage into Sicily in pur- suit of him , he having withdrawn himself thither on purpose to avoid her . It was ...
Page 68
... lovers to make their vows in secret , and afterwards to fling themselves from the top of the precipice into the sea , where they were sometimes taken up alive . This place was therefore called the Lover's Leap , and whe- ther or no the ...
... lovers to make their vows in secret , and afterwards to fling themselves from the top of the precipice into the sea , where they were sometimes taken up alive . This place was therefore called the Lover's Leap , and whe- ther or no the ...
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... LOVER'S LEAP . IN my last Thursday's paper , I made mention of a place called the Lover's Leap , which , I find , has raised at great curiosity among several of my correspondents . I there told them that this leap was used to be taken ...
... LOVER'S LEAP . IN my last Thursday's paper , I made mention of a place called the Lover's Leap , which , I find , has raised at great curiosity among several of my correspondents . I there told them that this leap was used to be taken ...
Page 87
... lover who was so troublesome to her . After this short preface , I shall present my reader with some letters which I have received upon this subject . The first is sent me by a physician , MR . SPECTATOR , THE Lover's Leap , which you ...
... lover who was so troublesome to her . After this short preface , I shall present my reader with some letters which I have received upon this subject . The first is sent me by a physician , MR . SPECTATOR , THE Lover's Leap , which you ...
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